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Trade Diversification for Canada
Northern Gateway and energy infrastructure in the 21st Century
Janet Holder, Enbridge Executive Vice President, Western Access, recently gave a speech at the Canadian Club in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Outlined below are Janet's speaking notes from this event. Thank you Jaime and go...
New poll confirms support for Gateway goals
Leading public opinion research firm Ipsos Reid, on behalf of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, has released a poll about Canadians' views on the oil and gas industry and the environment. Among the highlights, the poll c...
Energy exports: who decides the national interest?
In a recent editorial article published in the Vancouver Sun on April 28, 2012, Paul Stanway, a veteran journalist and Enbridge communications consultant, asks: “who decides the national interest when it comes to our e...
Alberta mayors throw support behind Northern Gateway
Calling it a “regional action for a global opportunity”, mayors along the proposed Alberta corridor of Northern Gateway officially threw their support behind the project that promises to bring benefits not just to th...
The so-called ‘Dutch Disease’
The economic case for Northern Gateway is very strong. Canadians understand the need to diversify markets for our energy products—without this diversification, we don’t get full value for our exports. Opponents of th...
State-owned companies behave like other companies: study
The Prime Minister’s trade mission to China was criticized by some who see this pursuit as a compromise of Canadian economic sovereignty. Other critics have asserted that investments by foreign state-owned firms into r...
Oil squeeze a big concern
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again … I think Northern Gateway is one of, if not THE most important proposed infrastructure projects in Canada today. That belief was bolstered again when I read in the Globe a...
Northern Gateway bad for economy? Not so say Economists
In a recent report, Robyn Allan argues against Enbridge’s assertions that Northern Gateway would be net-positive for the Canadian economy. Allan, who was appointed CEO of ICBC in the early 1990s by the then BC NDP gov...
Economists debate on CBC radio
Comments in the media that Northern Gateway would be bad for the Canadian economy were recently challenged by a University of Alberta economics professor. In this CBC interview, Andrew Leach goes head to head with Roby...
Poll: Canadians see need for energy market diversification
$50 billion. That’s a big number… a lot of money. That’s the value of Canada’s oil exports every single year. In recent years, oil has become Canada’s most lucrative trade product. But are Canadians aware that ...
